• EU CBAM after Trilogues: Discussion with Gerassimos Thomas and roundtable

    University Foundation Rue d’Egmont, 11, Brussels, Belgium

    On December 13 the European institutions reached a provisional agreement in the CBAM trilogues. The transitional phase of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will start in October 2023, with actual implementation starting from 2026. The final details were yet to be concluded at this stage.   This event, which is part of the ERCST CBAM […]

  • Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence – how to make it work?

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    The Due Diligence Directive Directive is part of the unfolding EU corporate sustainability landscape which aims at integrating sustainability to strategies and everyday activity of large undertakings. Among them the […]

  • The inclusion of hydrogen in the EU CBAM

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    On December 13th the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement to introduce an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Although not part of the initial European Commission Proposal, […]

  • The inclusion of hydrogen in the EU CBAM, ERCST’s assessment

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    On December 13th the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement to introduce an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Although not part of the initial European Commission Proposal, CBAM will also apply to hydrogen together with cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, and electricity. During this meeting ERCST presented the assessment’s conclusions concerning […]

  • The paths to decarbonised and sustainable transport: Stakeholders’ meeting

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    The objective of the project is to analyse the current pathways emerging from EU policy for decarbonisation of heavy-duty road transportation including links to the other transportation modes and propose, if necessary and appropriate, complementary and/or alternative policy pathways. They will be underpinned by the EU objective of climate neutrality stemming from the EU Climate […]

  • CCUS in the net-zero transition

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    To achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement of pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries must severely reduce their emissions and reach a net zero economy by 2050. In this framework, carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technology is necessary to achieve ambitious climate targets. However, its deployment […]

  • Expert Consultation: CBAM and Flanking Measures for Industrial Decarbonisation

    In December 2022, the European institutions reached a provisional agreement in the CBAM trilogues. The transitional phase of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism started in October 2023, with actual implementation starting from 2026. In this roundtable, we discussed the function of the CBAM in a portfolio of instruments for industrial decarbonisation, focusing on the role of […]

  • EU Climate Policy and Electricity Market

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    During this meeting, ERCST intended to present the results of a research exercise on developing a climate change lens to analyse and inform the EU debate on reforming the electricity market design and on the discussions held during private ERCST working group consultations in January and February. This meeting started with a presentation by ERCST’s […]

  • External Event: IETA European Climate Summit – CBAM: A New Era for Global Trade Order

    ERCST's Executive Director, Andrei Marcu, moderated the Deep Dive session Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: A New Era for Global Trade Order, which is part of IETA's European Climate Summit in Lisbon. Climate, trade and competitiveness is reaching a fever pitch across the Atlantic. The long-debated CBAM is set to become a reality. This session looked at […]

  • Hydrogen: State of play of the EU hydrogen policy & regulatory framework

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    This workstream consists of a continuous series of meetings and accompanying publications which aim to bring together different stakeholders to take stock of key policy and regulatory developments of the EU hydrogen policy and regulatory framework identified by ERCST. It also aims to put forward recommendations and propose innovative solutions to existing policy and regulatory […]

  • EU CCUS policy: Net-Zero Industry Act & upcoming Commission’s Communication

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    To achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement of pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries must severely reduce their emissions and reach a net zero economy by 2050. In this framework, carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technology is necessary to achieve ambitious climate targets. However, its deployment […]